**Official ASUS Striker II Formula Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread**

[fordf250]

And one thing you have to realize also is that that is just an initial Bios for the 790i Striker 2 Extreme.. that is why I smirk at those who got the board recently. *including me. because theyve been robbed. lolx

I dont understand. My board came with bios 601 and is only purchased 5 days ago. Also 790 is a dif chipset and ddr3.

Or are you saying you would have got the 790i if you new it was about to come out?

I got this board so I didnt need new ram. I will not bye two gfx cards againso once the new 9xxx cards come out I will prolly go back to intel and ddr3, I dont think I was robbed as it cloocks good and runs sli.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

And one thing you have to realize also is that that is just an initial Bios for the 790i Striker 2 Extreme.. that is why I smirk at those who got the board recently. *including me. because theyve been robbed. lolx

huh?

The 790i bios would not work on a 780i board. VERY different chipset.

The 1101 bios is not the original bios. The original bios is 0101. but most boards shipping with 0601.

[Psycho_eddie]

Hi guys, recently got my board have high hopes for the mobo over my OLD dead eVGA 780i

From previous experience, my Q6600 needs max 1.4V for 3600Mhz so i know that paramiter

I want to do 9x400FSB 24/7 Stable

Memory is Corsair 2x2GB Kit rated 1066Mhz 5-5-5-18 @ 2.1V


CPU -1.4V
Memory - 2.1V


What other volts will i need to raise, and to what?.. to get stable?

[Thakkerson]

huh?

The 790i bios would not work on a 780i board. VERY different chipset.

The 1101 bios is not the original bios. The original bios is 0101. but most boards shipping with 0601.

ah.. nope what I meant was, if this is what the 790i is capable of doing in an early bios, what more if it matures overtime.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

ah.. nope what I meant was, if this is what the 790i is capable of doing in an early bios, what more if it matures overtime.

Oh yes, but the 790i chipset is much more refined. I'd jump to 790i if it werent for ddr3 prices.

[Thakkerson]

btw WeStSiDePLaYa, thanks for that memory tweak post you posted before. boosted my Memory bandwidth a 400MBs @ sandra.

[Psycho_eddie]

Been trying to get

8x450
9x400
8x400

Stable to no avail...

NB 1.6-1.7V tried
PPL 1.6-1.7V tried

CPU vcore 1.4-1.5V tried..

GTL +30mv-50mv tried on both

Which Vcore reading should i trust Asus PC-Probe 2 or CPUz??

Tried linked and unlinked ram also.. prime 95 fails after 5-15 mins

[TheHardCase]

Been trying to get

8x450
9x400
8x400

Stable to no avail...

NB 1.6-1.7V tried
PPL 1.6-1.7V tried

CPU vcore 1.4-1.5V tried..

GTL +30mv-50mv tried on both

Which Vcore reading should i trust Asus PC-Probe 2 or CPUz??

Tried linked and unlinked ram also.. prime 95 fails after 5-15 mins

I'm not sure if this will help you, but there is a youtube video overclocking 6600 quad on 780i Striker II...

[cstkl1]

huh?

The 790i bios would not work on a 780i board. VERY different chipset.

The 1101 bios is not the original bios. The original bios is 0101. but most boards shipping with 0601.

mine came with a weird one bios 804.

[cstkl1]

Been trying to get

8x450
9x400
8x400

Stable to no avail...

NB 1.6-1.7V tried
PPL 1.6-1.7V tried

CPU vcore 1.4-1.5V tried..

GTL +30mv-50mv tried on both

Which Vcore reading should i trust Asus PC-Probe 2 or CPUz??

Tried linked and unlinked ram also.. prime 95 fails after 5-15 mins

cpuz ,hwmonitor doesnt work for voltage reading on the this board
so asus PCprobe..

[NysoO]

Guys, this chip is insanse. Put a 120mm fan over the memory / NB-sink and when adding a NB overheatprotection at 80C, and with a NBv at 1.6, the computer shuts down after just 30 sec or so.. This thing needs to be watercooled.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

mine came with a weird one bios 804.

Can you post it?

That bios isn't even on the asus site. How stable does it seem?

[Psycho_eddie]

Been trying to get 9x400 fsb stable, been a nightmare... until i lowered my 2x2GB rams from 1066mhz to 800Mhz Synced...

Getting 4GB working good speed and oced FSB/CPU seems a no go unless you have perhaps insane NB volts!

Shame as i bought a rated 4Gb kit 1066Mhz.

9x400 ... Ram 1:1 (Sync)

CPU Vcore... 1.475 Bios... 1.392 Cpuz
NB Bios - 1.6 .... 1.63 Real
CPU PLL bios 1.6 .... 1.63 Real
GTL +30MV on both

all other voltage settings left auto

Memory 800Mhz 4-4-4-12-22-38 @ 2.1V

This system scores even with new bios etc quite alot lower then same speed clocks on my Old Asus P5E

250 Cpu Marks lower on CPU and 500 lower overall 3dmark06 (15600down to ....15100)

[Ced-G60]

Hi everyone !

First post here

been having nightmare myself with this board lol I manage to clocked my E8500 at 3800 stable without touching at the bios. Its not stable a 4000 on auto, but i have try some of the setting some of you guys did, this board will just NOT boot. no matter what i try...

Running 1101 bios

I will try some more setting, but if i try to adjust voltage, it wont go past CPUINIT

[StuPatch2008]

Like so many who have purchased this board I have entered into negotiations in overclocking, my spec is the following:

C2Duo E6750 Conroe (FSB 333 X 8 = 2.66GHz)
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro HSF
CORSAIR XMS2 6400 DHX (800MHz)
2x XpertVision 8800GT 512Mb in SLi
320gb Seagate Baracuda SATA
Akasa 1000w Gaming PSU
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Striker II Formula (Shipped 0902 flashed to 1101 Bios)

My knowledge of overclocking I would say is of a novice, and as technology grows and becomes evermore multi dimensional I am able to grasp and understand the concepts for example To acheive a performance quality overclock the main factors are of course speed and power and by increasing these factors we of course generate Overclocker Enemy No.1 "HEAT".

My first attempts with this board resulted in RMA I had a board which was shipped with an 0801 bios, my first overclock was to use the built in CPU level up feature and I chose the E6850 mode which naturally emulated my E6750 to the 3ghz aforementioned chip. I soon realised the board had far more capabilites and reflashed the bios to 1001. Something I then noticed more and more was a message that would flash up on screen when saving bios changes "Dipsrom saving Table do not power off or reset" , plus also during boot up "ErrorMSg" would flash briefly for a split second on the LCD POSTER. Anyway one and half weeks after purchasing the board disaster struck I was saving minor changes in Bios law and behold "Dipsrom saving Table" msg came up on screen and stayed there, the PC hung on this screen and stayed there ... the only thing I could do was to power off completey defying the message on screen ... I had now f**ked the Bios, PC would not boot just hung on CPU init on the POSTER, 24 hours later I had my replacement board this time shipped with 0902 bios, still at odd times I get the "Dipsrom" message and since flashing to the 1101 bios during boot on the LCD POSTER I get "ErrorMSg" flash up.

Currently my system is running at 3.4ghz stable (over 6 hours Orthos + 3hours nonstop 3d mark06)
FSB 425 x 8 CPU voltage 1.45v (Bios)
Ram is overclocked to 1000mhz @ 1.85v

One worrying factor is the PCProbe software If i have it running ....all of a sudden alarms start going off for mem voltages dropping to 0.00v or to the other extreme over 3.00v then they go back to normal?????

Does anyone know of a really good guide to manipulating the BIOS on this board and what are the limitations of overvoltage on the NB & SB without extra cooling?

If I OC to 3.45 ghz with minor Voltage increases upto 1.475 I can get stable for 3 hours on Orthos but then it will crash with Blue screen & reboot.
1.475v is just creating too much heat for my liking on Core temp max 79/80*c
So Iam convinced that the stability issues are possibly more to do with FSB & the chipset. Am i right?

[hyb]

Hi peeps been looking on forums for a while and taking tips off ya for o/c me rig with no joy

Any chance some one can help me out?

Just wanna get 3ghz out of it@
rig is
Q6600 on water
Striker II Formula Bios 1001
2 gig reaper pc-9200

Plz can some one post bios setting i feel like i have tried everything

cheers

[_MD_]

Reached a max of 4.7GHz on air when did lapping of both cpu and TRUE

[Wiinter]

hyb, here's what I've got so far, with your setup. It seems stable so far. Still tweaking, but maybe you could start with that.

FSB = 1400 (350)
MEM = 867 (434)
@ 9 mult = 3.15GHz

Voltages:
CPU Voltage = 1.425
CPU PLL = 1.6
CPU VTT = 1.38
Mem Voltage = 2.2
NB Core = 1.44
SB Core = 1.60
1.2v HT = 1.2
Bridge = 1.2

CPU GTL_REF Ratio = +30mV
NB GTL_REF Ratio = +10mV
DDRII Contr. Ref = DDR2_REF+10mV
DDRII Chan. A Ref = DDR2_REF+10mV
DDRII Chan. B Ref = DDR2_REF+10mV

Mem timing:
tCL = 5
tRCD = 5
tRP = 5
tRAS = 15
Clock = 2 clock
Everything else = Auto

Loadline Calibration = Disabled
Spread Spectrum (all) = Disabled

Anyone else have any suggestions?

[fordf250]

Testing with e6600 and q6600 both need +30mv nb GTL to get to 450fsb, e6600 at 475fsb and will try for 500fsb as it did to 540 on max formula.

[Wiinter]

Good to know! I'm stress testing now with a slight increase in vcore and NB and 1425 (356 | 3.2ghz) FSB instead. If it crashes, I'll pop up NB REF+30.

Do we have a pretty good idea of the max voltage the NB can have if the heatsink is aircooled? 1.5 too much? I have a fan blowing right on it..

[fordf250]

Good to know! I'm stress testing now with a slight increase in vcore and NB and 1425 (356 | 3.2ghz) FSB instead. If it crashes, I'll pop up NB REF+30.

Do we have a pretty good idea of the max voltage the NB can have if the heatsink is aircooled? 1.5 too much? I have a fan blowing right on it..

I have a 120mm fan on it and have gone to 1.8Vnb for 475fsb with a q6600 and it is still yellow warning in the bios and runs 28-30c on the sink even when the bios shows 50C. Voltage up to 1.8 did not change the temp in bios also.

[hyb]

cheers mr Wiinter will give it a try tonight

[hyb]

Your the man Wiinter 3.1 ghz stable just need setting for 3.6 now

Really m8 cheers

[Wiinter]

I can't take any credit; TheHardCase mentioned a youtube vid - I started there. I'm up to 3.2GHz now.

Amazingly, fordf250, after throwing a couple 80mm over the NB, the temps dropped 15c. I should be able to crank it now.

[hyb]

Keep me posted Wiinter plz with settings nice one!!